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Critics of privatization are often told they present no alternatives. This book takes up that challenge, proposing conceptual models for what constitutes an ‘alternative to privatization’ and analyses what makes them successful (or not), backed up by empirical data on creative public service initiatives in over 40 countries in the Global South. This groundbreaking study provides a robust platform for comparisons across regions and sectors, with a focus on health, water and electricity. Alternatives to Privatization is a compelling study and has been written by leading academics, practitioners and activists in the field.
DAVID A MCDONALD is Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada, and Co-Director of the Municipal Services Project.
GREG RUITERS is Professor of Governance and Public Policy at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Co-Director of the Municipal Services Project.
Contents:
Introduction: In Search of Alternatives to Privatization
David A. McDonald and Greg Ruiters
Weighing the Options: Methodological Considerations
David A. McDonald and Greg Ruiters
Terrains of Neoliberalism: Constraints and Opportunities for Alternative Models of Service Delivery
Ben Fine and David Hall
Transformative Resistance: The Role of Labour and Trade Unions in Alternatives to Privatization
Hilary Wainwright
Gendering Justice, Building Alternative Futures
Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Sarah Miraglia
Social Movement Struggles for Public Services
Susan Spronk and Philipp Terhorst
Careful What You Ask For: State-Led Alternatives to Privatization
David A. McDonald and Greg Ruiters
Asia: Regional Overview
Jenina Joy Chavez
Creating, Reclaiming, Defending: Non-Commercialized Alternatives in the Health Sector in Asia
Amit Sengupta
Springs of Hope: Alternatives to Commercialization of Water Resources and Services in Asia
Buenaventura Dragantes, Cheryl Batistel and Mary Ann Manahan
The Public in Asia Power
Nepomuceno Malaluan
Africa: Regional Overview
Greg Ruiters
African Triage: Assessing Alternatives to Health Care Privatization South of the Sahara
Yoswa M. Dambisya and Hyacinth Eme Ichoku
Where Have All the Alternatives Gone?: The Shrinking of African Water Policy Options
Kate Bayliss and Al-Hassan Adam
Electrifying Africa: Turning a Continental Challenge into a People’s Opportunity
Terri Hathaway
Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Overview
Susan Spronk
Progressive Alternatives in Primary Health Care in Latin America
Luis Ortiz Hernández, Iliana Camacho Cuapio, Catalina Eibenschutz Hartman and Silvia Tamez González
Struggles for Water Justice in Latin America: Public and ‘Social-Public’ Alternatives
Susan Spronk, Carlos Crespo and Marcela Olivera
Alternatives in the Electricity Sector in Latin America
Daniel Chavez
Conclusion: Ways Forward for Alternatives in Health, Water and Electricity
David A. McDonald and Greg Ruiters
Index
ISBN - 9789380118123
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Pages : 519
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